Cosmetic holder



Patented Dec. 30, 1930 M UNITED STATES PATENTOFFITCE HE RY w. WILD ANDPHILIP A. REUTTER, or WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNORS T SCOVILLMANUFACTURING COMPANY, or WATERBURY,C0NNECTICUT, A COR- PORA'IION OFCONNECTICUT COSMETIC HOLDER Application. filed April 7, 1192s.seriai-No. 268,109;

This invention relates to certain improvements in small metal containersfor holding rouge or like pasty cosmetic now commonly known as lipstickholders.

These lipstick holders usually include a body and a cover. In certaintypes of these holders the cover is pivotally associated with the bodyon a hinge and, as both the body and the cover or cap of thesecontainers are made of light thin metal, difliculty has been experiencedin hinging the cap or cover to the body. Furthermore, these holders orcontainers to be commercially profitable must be produced and assembledcheaply,

and must be of attractiveappearance.

It is the especial object of the present invention to provide animproved manner of hinging the body and the cover together in such amanner that the use of a pintle wire,

rivets, or solder is dispensed with, and in which the cap and'the hingeare integrally formed and held in place by friction so that the partsmay be very cheaply made and assembled.

vide such a container which shall be of neat appearance and in which thecap will be hinged to the body in such a way as to produce a strongstructure. I

With these and other objects not specifically referred to in view, theinvention consists in certain novel parts, arrangements and combinationswhich will be described in connection with the accompanying drawings andthe novel features pointed out in the claims hereunto annexed.

In these drawings,

Figure 1 is a side view, partly broken away and partly in section,showing the improved container with the cap hinged thereto;

Figure 2 is a view of part of the construction shown in Figure 1 on avery much enlarged scale;

Figure 3 is a top or plan view, partly broken away, of the constructionshown in Figure 2, and

Figures 4 to 7 are detail views showing the cap and the way in which thehinge is formed on the cap. 7

an Referring now to these drawings, the con- A further object of theinvention is to protainer may vary widely in shape and internalarrangement. In the particular construction shown it includes an innercasing 1 open at the top, as indicated at 2, and closed at the bottombya head formed with a shoulder 41. Enclosing this inner casing is anintermediate sleeve 5, which may be a propelling sleeve, and outsidethis sleeve 5 is an outer casing 6, this outer casing abutting at oneend against the shoulder 4, before referred to Near its upper edge thecasing 6 is pro vided with an outwardly extending bead 7, the open endof the inner casing 1 extending outwardly beyond this bead. Hingedlysecured tothe outer casing is a' closing cap or cover 8 having adownwardly extending flange 9 which" engages the bead to limit theclosing movementof the cap, as shown in Figure 2; In accordance with theinvention, there is provided a hinge "device for associating the cap 8and the casing 6 which is of such character that it is integral with thecap and is associated with the casing and held in position solely by'thefriction of the parts, so that no riveting or soldering is required andno separate pintle wire is necessary. While this hinge may be formed invarious ways, in the'particular construction shown the blank from whichthe cap is formed is stamped orotherwise formed with an extension 10.This extension is rolled upon itselffor a portion ofits length to formaround pivot 11, and between the pivot 11 and the edge of the cap theextension is cut out, as indicated at 12 and 13 in Figure 7, to leavewhat may be termed projecting" ears 14. The wall of the casing is cutaway, as indicated at 15 in Figure 1, and the cutout-s 12, 13 are ofsuch a depth as to leave a neck 16 substantially the width of the cutout15. In assembling the parts it is only necessary to position theprojections 14 in the bead 7 so that they lie on each side of thecutout15, and the partsare held in position by the 95 portion of theinner casing 1 which extends 7 beyond the .bead 7 and which is marked 17in the drawings.

With this construction the pivot 11 forms substantially a continuationof the bead, thus 100 making an attractive article, and the are heldsolely by friction and can be qulckly assembled. If desired, the beadmay be slightly opened out, as indicated at 18 in Figure 3, so as toform a somewhat deeper recess for the ends l of the pivot.

A lipstick 19 may be supported in a carrying socket 20 which may have ato and fro movement in the inner casing 1, this lipstick beingpropellable by means of the propeller sleeve 5 through mechanism notillustrated as being unnecessary for an understanding of the invention.

It will be seen with the construction described that a very simple andeffective hinge device has been provided for these thin Walled metalcontainers, and while the invention has been described in its preferredform it will be understood that certain changes and variations may bemade in the specific construction shown and described Without departingfrom the invention as defined in the appended claims. 7 What is claimedis:

1. In a cosmetic holder, an outer casing having a bead, an inner casingextending above the bead of the outer casing, a cutout in the outercasing extending through the bead, and a cap having an integralextension shaped to form a pivot wider than the cutout and frictionallyheld in the beadby and between the outer and inner casings an hingingthe cap tothe holder.

2. In a cosmetic holder, an outer casing having a cutout and a recess ateach side of the cutout, an inner casing extending above the recesses ofthe outer casing, and a cap having-an integral extension shaped to forma pivot Wider than the cutout, the ends of the pivot being frictionallyheld in the recesses by and between the outer and inner casings andhinging-the cap to the holder.

3. Ina cosmetic holder, an outer casing having an open end and a cutout,the walls of the casing being formed to provide a recess at each side ofthe cutout, and a cap having a pivot integral therewith wider than thecutout and joined with the cap by aneck substantially the width of thecutout, the ends of the pivotbeing assembled in the recesses simply bylaying them therein and the neck lying in the cutout when the parts areassembled, and an inner casing acting to frictionally hold the pivot inposition when assembled with the outercasing.

In'Witness whereof, we have hereunto set 7 our hands.

. HENRY W. WILD. PHILIP A. 'REUTTER.

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